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Stores still ringing up snow business

Stores including Lowe's Home Improvement may have plants and potting soil in the aisles, but are also restocking salt and shovels as a new storm drives more business.

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Updated: 8:12 PM EST Feb 13, 2015

Stores still ringing up snow business

Stores including Lowe's Home Improvement may have plants and potting soil in the aisles, but are also restocking salt and shovels as a new storm drives more business.

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Updated: 8:12 PM EST Feb 13, 2015

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WEBVTT I HAVE ALL THE DETAILS COMING UPWITH MY TOTAL FORECAST.STEVE, TRACY?HECK -- MADE OF US ARE HAVINGTO REARRANGE OUR WEEKEND PLANSTO FACE YET ANOTHER BLIZZARD.SOME YEARS YOU CAN GET A HEADSTART ON STOCKING UP FOR THESPRING, BUT NOT THIS YEAR.WMTW NEWS 8'S COURTNEY STURGEONJOINS US LIVE WITH MORE ON HOWSOME AREA STORES ARE KEEPING UPWITH THE RUSH.COURTNEY?USUALLY AROUND THIS TIME OFYEAR, FEBRUARY, EARLY MARCH,PEOPLE STOCKING UP ON THINGSLIKE THIS, PLANTS.UNFORTUNATELY, THIS ONLY AGLIMPSE OF SPRING TIME YOU WILLGET A BECAUSE WHERE MORE SNOW ONTHE WAY.PEOPLE ARE BUYING EVENTS --AND SHOVELS.IT IS THE ONLY VALENTINES GIFTSTHAT WILL COME IN HANDY AS WEHAVE THE BLIZZARD.THIS STORE SATURDAY HAVE ENOUGHSNOW REMOVAL EQUIPMENT TO GETTHROUGH THE BLIZZARD ITSELF BUTTHEY ARE REARRANGING ITEMS INTHE STORE FOR WINNING AND IFTHEY RUN OUT.STORE MANAGERS SAY THEY HAVESEEN AN INCREASE IN CUSTOMERSBUYING SHOVELS AND GENERATORS.MORE INVENTORY IS ON THE WAY.A SHIPMENT FROM AS FAR AWAY ASPENNSYLVANIA IS EXPECTED MONDAYOR TUESDAY.THERE ARE TIMES THATMAY BEAFFECTED BETWEEN US AND THEDISTRIBUTION POINTS.SOME INVENTORY CANNOTMAKE IT.IT WILL DELAY ITS BY A COUPLE OFDAYS.THINGS CAN CHANGE QUICKLY WITHTHE WEATHER.IN FACT, THE LAST SHOVEL WASTAKING OFF OF THE SHELF.STORE MANAGER SAID THAT PLENTYOF SALT AND OTHER EQUIPMENT ONHIS WAY.THEY SAID PEOPLE HAVE BEENPROACTIVE AND ANYTIME THERE'S AFORECAST FOR MORE SNOW, THEYCOME RUSHING.

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Stores still ringing up snow business

Stores including Lowe's Home Improvement may have plants and potting soil in the aisles, but are also restocking salt and shovels as a new storm drives more business.